Vladimir Putin is photographed visiting soldiers injured in the Ukraine conflict.

At Moscow’s Mandryk Military Clinical Hospital, he was photographed shaking hands with medics and patients.

Putin was photographed wearing a white coat and conversing with Russian troops at Moscow’s Mandryka military hospital, according to the Rossiya-24 news channel.

“These are people who are risking their health and lives for the sake of the people and children of Donbas, for the benefit of Russia,” Putin said after visiting the wounded men in a televised meeting with government officials.

“All of them are heroes.”